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bill533:

Mitchell's family is slow cooking 2 3/4 pounds of meat. The recipe says to cook the meat 11/2 hours per pound. How long should Mitchell's family cook the meat? A. 1 and 5/6 hours B. 2 and 3/8 hours C. 4 and 1/8 hours D. 4 and 1/4 hours

bill533:

i believe it is D

Gdeinward:

you must multiply 11/2 by the weight of the meat

bill533:

no wait

Gdeinward:

that will give you your answer

bill533:

it's 1 1/2 x 1 1/2

bill533:

i believe it's B

bill533:

is it wrong

AngeI:

The weight of the meat is 2 3/4 pounds

AngeI:

So multiply that by the 1 1/2 hours

bill533:

4.125

AngeI:

Yep c:

Gdeinward:

1/8 is 0.125 so...

Gdeinward:

no its C dude

bill533:

i know i said C and took it off i don't know why

Gdeinward:

its cool

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